Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: Yin Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 265, Entry 22 Pronounced yin. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to private indulgence. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it means to roam. In the region of the Yangtze and Yuan rivers, to play is called yin. It also rhymes with you. In the Nine Laments (Jiusi) by Wang Yi: Making the Su maiden play the reed pipe, riding the spears in harmony to sing and chant. The sounds are high and clear, the melodies are grand and extended, essential and excessive. Commonly written as the variant form (yin).